2025 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics sits in the middle of the road, ranking #21 out of 38 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for foreign languages & linguistics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 284 bachelor's degrees in foreign languages & linguistics to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to foreign languages & linguistics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of foreign languages & linguistics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt foreign languages & linguistics students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized foreign languages & linguistics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for foreign languages & linguistics students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Foreign Languages & Linguistics in Maryland

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics.

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

125 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics has to check out University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a bachelor’s in foreign languages & linguistics from University of Maryland - College Park

2

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Maryland - Baltimore County if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in foreign languages & linguistics from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	37	1,053
New York	37	1,452
New Jersey	34	315
Delaware	30	65
District of Columbia	28	188

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Foreign Languages & Linguistics Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	113
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	88
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	26
East Asian Languages	22
Germanic Languages	12
Classical Languages & Literature	11
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	5
American Sign Language	4
Iranian & Persian Languages	3

Most Popular Majors Related to Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	3,203
Communication & Journalism	1,400
English Language & Literature	599
History	523
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	460
Philosophy & Religious Studies	251
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	181
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	136
Theology & Religious Vocations	11

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to John Stephen Dwyer. More about our data sources and methodologies.